Radiation Therapy Followed By Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors

NCT ID: NCT00274911

Last Updated: 2013-08-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-02-29

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as lomustine, cisplatin, and vincristine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving radiation therapy followed by combination chemotherapy after surgery may kill any remaining tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving radiation therapy followed by combination chemotherapy works in treating young patients with supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine the toxicity of hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy (HART) in pediatric patients with nonpineal supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors.

Secondary

* Determine overall and relapse-free survival of patients treated with HART followed by adjuvant combination chemotherapy comprising lomustine, cisplatin, and vincristine.
* Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

* Radiotherapy: Patients undergo hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy (HART) twice a day, 5 days a week, for 5 weeks.
* Adjuvant combination chemotherapy: Six weeks after the last radiotherapy dose, patients receive oral lomustine once and cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1 and vincristine IV on days 1, 8, and 15 . Treatment repeats every 6 weeks for 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for at least 5 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 30 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors

Keywords

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untreated childhood supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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cisplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

lomustine

Intervention Type DRUG

vincristine sulfate

Intervention Type DRUG

adjuvant therapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

radiation therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically proven nonpineal supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors

* No supratentorial atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors or medulloepitheliomas
* Localized or metastatic disease

* Metastatic disease is defined as unequivocal evidence of supratentorial metastases and/or spinal metastases on pre-operative or postoperative MRI scan OR tumor cells seen on cytospin analysis of lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (stage M1) performed between 15 days and 21 days after surgery
* Has undergone surgical resection within the past 4-6 weeks

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Able to cooperate with twice daily fractions of radiotherapy
* Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL
* Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm\^3
* Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
* Neurologically stable (or improving) during the week before starting radiotherapy
* Lansky performance status 30-100% (for patients 1 to 16 years of age) OR
* Karnofsky performance status 30-100% (for patients over 16 years of age)
* Must be able to comply with the chemotherapy protocol (e.g., no hearing loss, renal impairment)
* No presence of active uncontrolled infection
* No previous malignant disease
* Not pregnant or nursing
* No syndrome with recognized potential for increased sensitivity to radiotherapy and/or chromosomal fragility

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* No previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy
* The patient should not be receiving steroids, if possible, at the start of radiotherapy or should be on a stable or reducing dose of steroids during the week before starting radiotherapy
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Frank Saran, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Christopher Chandler, MD

Role:

King's College Hospital NHS Trust

Roger Taylor, MD

Role:

Cookridge Hospital

David Ellison, MD

Role:

Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment at Newcastle General Hospital

Barry Pizer, MD

Role:

Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey

Locations

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Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children Crumlin

Dublin, , Ireland

Site Status

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Institute of Child Health at University of Bristol

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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Addenbrooke's Hospital

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal London Hospital

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Sir James Spence Institute of Child Health at Royal Victoria Infirmary

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Queen's Medical Centre

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Oxford Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Children's Hospital - Sheffield

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Southampton General Hospital

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Marsden - Surrey

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

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Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Childrens Hospital for Wales

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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Ireland United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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CDR0000454540

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20580

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CCLG-CNS-2004-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id